> But all Free Software community > asks is not to mix us these and don't use pragmatic values to > represent Free Software.
I agree. After all if you are a religious preacher, you cannot promote atheism in your sermons. Agreed. But don't condemn those who are atheists! (I am using an analogy here). > You are mixing up things and being unclear about issues. As you > mentioned earlier about the patent menace, it is a big issue and what > Novell did to the patent equation was very damaging to the community. > Novell's deal gave legitimacy to Microsoft's patents claims on Free > Software and it divided the community between those who pay royalties > to Microsoft and those who do not. It was clearly a deal that went > against the spirit of the GPL and community had to come up with better > wording in GPLv3. And what is your position with respect the the > Novell-Microsoft deal? Do you support it? Software patents are evil and Novell's actions gave it a pseudo legitimacy. I have no doubt about it. But when you protest it, you need to follow the rules of the land. After all, we are a democracy. > Nobody is questioning that. Free Software is about choosing what is > ethically right for the society. You may disagree with, that is > perfectly OK. But don't tell we should change our values. I won't. Yet I reserve my right to fight for what *I* think is ethically correct. I don't buy the argument that 'either you are with us or with them'. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
